Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

B. RUSSELL.

HORSE DETAGHER. No. 261.876. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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UNITED STATES ROBERT RUssELL,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF BOONE, IOWA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,876, dated August1, 1882.

Application filed September 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ROBERT RUSSELL, a citizenof the United States, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Whiffletree orHorse-Detacher, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in whifiiletrees or horse-detachersand the object of my improvement is to provide an arrangement whereby ahorse may be instantly detached from a carriage or other vehicle by theoccupant of such carriage or vehicle in case of a runaway, or when forany other reason the occupant so desires, by simply pulling a strap sosituated as to be always in easy reach. 1 attain this object by means ofthe construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a sing-letree or whiftletree to which my inventionhas been applied, and best illustrates the general arrangement of thesame. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a single-tree supplied with the ferrules L L and pins E E.

B is a rocker-rod fastened to the single-tree by the staples O G, andprovided with the arm F, to which the strap I, or its equivalent, isattached, and having the ends D D flattened and bent at right angles, asshown, so that when the rod B is turned,'as shown in Figs. 3 and 3, theends D D impinge against the ends of the pins E E, thus holding thetraces P P securely in their places.

H H are washers, which are secured to the rook-shaft B on the innersides of the staples (3 0, so as to obviate any movement endwise of therod B and insure the ends D D coming into their proper position at theends of the pins E E when the rod is turned down for that purpose. a

To detach the horse, simply pull the strap I, which is extended to anyconvenient point within the vehicle to which the invention is attached.This, by means of the arm F, to which itis attached, turns the rod B,which lifts the ends D D from the ends of the pins E E, allowing thetraces to drop off, as shown in Fig. 1.

I am aware that in devices for detaching horses a rock-shaft having abent arm adapted to engage with draw-pins in the ends of the whiffletreehas been heretofore used. These bent arms, at the ends of therock-shaft, have sometimes been arranged to barely impinge upon one sideof the draw-pins, and sometimes have covered the ends of said pins. Suchrock-shafts have also been provided with a cord or strap, by means ofwhich the shaft is rotated so as to uncover the draw-pins and releasethe traces therefrom. These features, therefore, as well as otherdetails of construction hereinbefore described, I do not broadly claim;but

What I do claim as my invention is- In a horse-detaoher, the combinationof the whiffletree A, having staples O, ferrules L, and draw-pins E, thecontinuous rook-shaft B, journaled in the staples or bearings G, andprovided with washers or shoulders H, arranged on the shaft between thestaples, central arm, F, and bent end plates or arms, D, adapted tocover the ends of the draw-pins, the traces P, attached to said pins,and the strap I, secured to the arm F, all substantially as and for thepurpose shown and described.

ROBERT RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. GILDEA, R. F. JORDAN.

